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How many babies are born in Israel?

172 thousand babies born in Israel in 2026. That is 0.13% of all births worldwide, and the 91st largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Israel: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Israel’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~20K ~450K 43.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~13K ~330K 39.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~13K ~320K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1800 ~8.77K ~210K 41.8 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~12.1K ~359K 33.6 Historical reconstruction
1950 47.5K 1.29M 36.9 UN estimate
2000 131K 6.11M 21.5 UN estimate
2023 172K 9.26M 18.6 UN estimate
2026 172K 9.65M 17.8 UN projection
2050 212K 13.1M 16.2 UN projection
2075 226K 16.7M 13.6 UN projection
2100 227K 19.7M 11.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Israel among estimates through 2023 were in 2021, at about 178K. That is roughly 9.1 times the estimated ~19.6K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.73 children per woman, fertility in Israel is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Israel each year?

An estimated 172 thousand babies are born in Israel in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 471 a day and 0.13% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Israel?

Israel has an estimated 17.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.73 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.